For almost every day the past 2 months I've been having pretty severe back pain that somtimes runs around my rib cage and into my chest, mostly contained to the left side of my body. For the last 4 or 5 months I've been taking 100mg of TOPROL XL/day (50mg morning, 50 mg evening), to help with my tachycardia. I have no past history of back or chest problems before this. Could the medication be causing it? I've had CT scans & an MRI done both coming back normal. I saw a chiropractor for 5 straight days last week w/ limited relief. I was presricibed 500mg Viciodan and Soma w/ little help coming from these. At times the pain is unbearable, please help.
2007-12-24 14:28:09 · 1 answers · asked by robert r 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Yes, it's possible that it could be related to the medication, but also because the MRIs and CT scans are coming back normal ask your doctor about the possibility of a condition called costochondritis.
Costochondritis is an inflammation of the cartillage on the ribcage. One of the symptoms that costochondritis causes is chest pain that can wrap around to the back. It can also sometimes make a person think they are having a heart attack (because of pain in the upper chest wall) but yet it's not.
2007-12-25 22:30:15 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋